Daily Mail: BREAKING NEWS: Kim Jong Un launches new North Korean missile which flies over panicked Japan and crashes into the Pacific Ocean as prime minister pledges to protect his citizens from 'unprecedented grave threat'
* Japanese military did not attempt to shoot down the missile which passed over
* But people in the northern regions of Japan were advised to take precautions
* Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would do all in his power to protect people
* South Korea warned North Korea may be preparing for its sixth nuclear test
* Detected signs of it preparing another test at its Punggye-ri underground site
North Korea has fired a missile that passed over northern Japan today.
The government's J-Alert text message warning system advised people in the area to take precautions and move to a 'sturdy building or basement'.
The Japanese military did not attempt to shoot down the missile, which passed over Japanese territory around 6.06am local time.
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WTF!?!?!?! No shootdown?!?
ReplyDeleteDidn't attempt to shoot it down?, you'd think the P.M had heard of pearl harbour.
ReplyDeleteBlah blah, no wonder Kim is emboldened to play games.
"The Japanese military did not attempt to shoot down the missile, which passed over Japanese territory around 6.06am local time." I wonder why the Japanese did not shoot it down? An expert reporter would have provided that detail.
ReplyDeleteWhat would the Russians or Chinese do if someone starting lobbing ballistic missiles over their territory?
ReplyDeleteJapan has Patriot's, semi good, (5% or so) for targetting an incoming warhead, useless for targetting an overflying missile.
ReplyDeleteJapan and the US are working on an advanced Patriot 3, but they arn't deployed yet.
Japan also has adopted the AGEIS System, it's worked once, in a scipted test.
25% of the USN Ageis Cruisers and destroyers in the 7th fleet, have gone "offline" due to navigational groundings and collisions in the last 8 months,
It would be bad for the billion dollar BMD industry, for it to be exposed as a scam.
Don't try to shoot it down and show bravery and confidence, like not flinching. Attempt to shoot it down and risk failure which would prove vulnerability. Better to feign confidence than prove vulnerability me thinks.
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